If you love cheese sauce, you will love this easy beer cheese recipe. It’s a creamy homemade cheese sauce (or dip) that features a blend of cheese, spice, and beer!
Beer cheese can be enjoyed as a dip for fresh bread, chips, or veggies. In addition, it can be used as a sauce for hot dogs or grilled brats.
Recommended Beer
Beer cheese gets its name from one of its main ingredients – beer. The addition of beer helps the cheese achieve a smooth saucy consistency. Plus, it adds a pleasing depth of malty flavor.
We recommend using a cheaper mainstream light lager beer in this recipe. Don’t bother using a high-end craft beer. Save your expensive craft beer for drinking!
Ingredients:
Homemade Beer Cheese is made from the following ingredients:
- Sharp Yellow Cheddar Cheese
- Emmental Cheese – This is a yellow medium-hard cheese that originated in Switzerland. It’s also known as Emmentaler Cheese.
- Light Lager Beer – A brand of your choice
- Fresh Garlic
- Mustard Powder
- Flour
- Hot Sauce
- Worcestershire sauce
How to Make:
- Grate both the cheddar and swiss cheese into a large mixing bowl. Place it aside.
- Add the beer, garlic, dry mustard, and Worcestershire sauce to a double boiler. Heat it on medium-high heat on the stovetop until warm.
- In the mixing bowl that contains the grated cheese, add the flour and toss it with the cheese until it’s evenly distributed.
- Add 1/3 of the cheese mixture to the double boiler and whisk until fully combined.
- Repeat step 4 by adding the remaining cheese (small amounts at a time) until it’s fully combined and melted into a sauce.
- Serve in a fondue pot, or in a serving dish and eat immediately.
Printable Recipe
Get the recipe for our Easy Beer Cheese below: This recipe serves 6 people, but you can adjust the serving size in the recipe card for other servings.
Easy Beer Cheese Recipe (Creamy Dip or Sauce)
Equipment
- double boiler
- Cheese Grater
- Mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 8 oz sharp yellow cheddar grated
- 4 oz Emmental Cheese grated
- 6 oz Light Lager Beer
- 3 cloves Fresh Garlic finely chopped
- 2 tsps. Mustard Powder
- 2 tbsps. Flour
- 1 tsp. Hot Sauce
- 1 tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce
Instructions
- Grate both the Cheddar and Emmental swiss cheese into a large mixing bowl. Place it aside.
- Add the beer, garlic, dry mustard, and Worcestershire sauce to a double boiler. Heat it on medium-high heat on the stovetop until warm.
- In the mixing bowl that contains the grated cheese, add the flour and toss it with the cheese until it's evenly distributed.
- Add 1/3 of the cheese mixture to the double boiler and whisk until fully combined.
- Repeat step 4 by adding the remaining cheese (small amounts at a time) until it's fully combined and melted into a sauce.
Notes
Nutrition
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YUP this is totally happening here! OH my Heck does that look good! Forget dinner I am eating this in place of dinner!
You can’t even go wrong with beer cheese. I just want to eat that by the ladle-full!
You know, my sister used to make a beer dip and it was so good. I had totally forgotten about it. I am going to have to make this for our next gathering. Thanks for sharing
Do you do the light beer for a reason? I’m thinking something really hoppy would add a great flavor.
This sounds really good, I have never had beer cheese dip as it never comes out that great. Will try this recipe though and see how I do!
I was really trying to avoid saying “you had me at beer”, but I just can’t. Beer cheese is a huge favorite of ours! I love to dip soft pretzels in it and we have even used it on bacon burgers before. YUMMM. Thanks for sharing such a great recipe.
That seems really interesting. I like beer and cheese, but the two of them together would be really good I imagine. Sounds like a great recipe.
Oh my husband would love this! Thank you for posting, I will make this for him!
At first I thought beer in a cheese dip? Then I had some with my brother and my oh my was it delicious! Thanks for the recipe I’ll be making this on the weekend!
I’ve been looking for a good beer cheese recipe to go with homemade soft pretzels. This is the first one I’ve seen with the swiss added. This looks like a winner! Can’t wait to try it.
I am excited to try this dip. It looks so delicious and easy to make.
I love to try new dip recipes. I will have to get the ingredients we need to make some for tonight.
This Beer Cheese Dip looks so yummy. I will have to give this recipe a try. It would be perfect for a game day gathering.
I have never had this before but it looks delicious. Thanks for sharing!